RAMALLAH: Palestinian government ministers were sworn in for a second time on Sunday after a lawyer noticed that the oath they took the day before had been missing a phrase.
Lawyer Nael Al-Hawah spotted the omission after Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Shtayyeh's new government was sworn in before president Mahmud Abbas on Saturday.The oath had dropped a clause where ministers swear to be loyal"to the people and its national heritage", he said.Shtayyeh called Al-Hawah to acknowledge the error and inform him that the oath would be repeated in its entirety on Sunday, he said.
Official Palestinian news agency WAFA said the oath was indeed repeated, adding that the mistake had been caused by a"typing error."Al-Hawah said he was familiar with the vow having closely followed Palestinian governments and because it was part of his teaching for law trainees.
The new ministers took office following a change of government that several analysts said was made to further isolate Hamas, at odds with the Fatah party of Abbas for more than a decade.While his term was meant to expire in 2009, Abbas has remained in office in the absence of elections since the Fatah-Hamas split.
The Palestinian Authority government is based in the occupied West Bank, while Hamas rules the Gaza Strip.
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